Shire of Sherbrooke Victoria |
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Location in Victoria |
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Population: | 38,100 (1992)[1] | ||||||||||||
Established: | 1889 | ||||||||||||
Area: | 191.66 km² (74.0 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
Council Seat: | Upwey | ||||||||||||
Region: | Outer Eastern Melbourne | ||||||||||||
County: | Evelyn, Mornington | ||||||||||||
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The Shire of Sherbrooke was a Local Government Area located about 40 kilometres (25 mi) east of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria, Australia. The shire covered an area of 191.66 square kilometres (74.0 sq mi), and existed from 1963 until 1994. Its largest population centre was the town of Belgrave.
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Sherbrooke was originally the northwestern part of the Berwick Roads District, which was first incorporated on 24 October 1862 and became a Shire on 12 May 1868. On 23 May 1889, the Scoresby Riding of that Shire was severed and incorporated as the Shire of Fern Tree Gully. With increasing urbanisation in suburbs closer to Melbourne, Fern Tree Gully in turn splintered on 9 October 1963 to form the City of Knox and the Shire of Sherbrooke, which was named on 23 December 1964.[2]
On 15 December 1994, the Shire was abolished and merged with the Shire of Lillydale and all of the Shires of Healesville and Upper Yarra to form the Shire of Yarra Ranges. The districts around Emerald merged with neighbouring Pakenham into the new Shire of Cardinia, while Upper Ferntree Gully and Lysterfield moved to the City of Knox.[3]
Council formerly met at the Shire Offices in Upwey, near Belgrave.
The shire was divided into four ridings, each of which elected three councillors:
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Year | Population |
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1911 | 3,613 |
1933 | 9,171 |
1954 | 25,446 |
1958 | 30,360* |
1961 | 37,587+ |
1966 | 17,651+ |
1971 | 20,484 |
1976 | 25,584 |
1981 | 29,935 |
1986 | 34,766 |
1991 | 36,554 |
* Estimate in the 1958 Victorian Year Book.
+ Knox severed in 1963 - Sherbrooke population in 1961 was 16,306, and combined population for 1966 is 65,242.
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